The 2006 Grand Prix of Portland was the fifth round of the 2006 Bridgestone Presents the Champ Car World Series Powered by Ford season, held on June 18, 2006, at the Portland International Raceway in Portland, Oregon. Bruno Junqueira won the pole. Junqueira's Pole Position was ninth and final of his career. A. J. Allmendinger won the race, his first Champ Car victory, in his first race since leaving RuSPORT, the team which brought him to Champ Car, for Forsythe Championship Racing.
Qualifying results
Pos Nat Name Team Qual 1 Qual 2 Best 1 Bruno Junqueira Newman/Haas Racing 59.576 57.631 57.631 2 A. J. Allmendinger Forsythe Racing 58.378 57.639 57.639 3 Sébastien Bourdais Newman/Haas Racing 58.464 57.646 57.646 4 Justin Wilson RuSPORT 59.283 57.818 57.818 5 Cristiano da Matta RuSPORT 59.575 58.018 58.018 6 Dan Clarke CTE Racing-HVM 59.416 58.214 58.214 7 Will Power Team Australia 59.160 58.244 58.244 8 Nelson Philippe CTE Racing-HVM 59.354 58.297 58.297 9 Alex Tagliani Team Australia 59.275 58.328 58.328 10 Paul Tracy Forsythe Racing 59.121 58.376 58.376 11 Nicky Pastorelli Rocketsports Racing 1:00.333 58.826 58.826 12 Oriol Servià PKV Racing 59.485 58.830 58.830 13 Andrew Ranger Mi-Jack Conquest Racing 59.633 58.885 58.885 14 Mario Domínguez Dale Coyne Racing 1:00.035 59.233 59.233 15 Katherine Legge PKV Racing 59.903 59.297 59.297 16 Charles Zwolsman Jr. Mi-Jack Conquest Racing 1:00.612 59.315 59.315 17 Jan Heylen Dale Coyne Racing 59.861 59.589 59.589 18 Tõnis Kasemets Rocketsports Racing 1:01.089 1:00.607 1:00.607
Race
Pos No Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 7 A. J. Allmendinger Forsythe Racing 105 1:48:32.853 2 33 2 9 Justin Wilson RuSPORT 105 +5.420 secs 4 27 3 1 Sébastien Bourdais Newman/Haas Racing 105 +6.006 secs 3 26 4 2 Bruno Junqueira Newman/Haas Racing 105 +36.368 secs 1 24 5 10 Cristiano da Matta RuSPORT 105 +39.552 secs 5 21 6 14 Dan Clarke CTE Racing-HVM 105 +50.287 secs 6 19 7 3 Paul Tracy Forsythe Racing 105 +52.296 secs 10 17 8 4 Nelson Philippe CTE Racing-HVM 105 +52.677 secs 8 15 9 27 Andrew Ranger Mi-Jack Conquest Racing 104 + 1 Lap 13 14 10 6 Oriol Servià PKV Racing 104 + 1 Lap 12 11 11 15 Alex Tagliani Team Australia 104 + 1 Lap 9 10 12 34 Charles Zwolsman Jr. Mi-Jack Conquest Racing 103 + 2 Laps 16 9 13 20 Katherine Legge PKV Racing 103 + 2 Laps 15 8 14 19 Mario Domínguez Dale Coyne Racing 103 + 2 Laps 14 7 15 11 Jan Heylen Dale Coyne Racing 103 + 2 Laps 17 6 16 18 Tõnis Kasemets Rocketsports Racing 102 + 3 Laps 18 5 17 8 Nicky Pastorelli Rocketsports Racing 101 + 4 Laps 11 4 18 5 Will Power Team Australia 92 + 13 Laps 7 4
Caution flags
Laps Cause1 Yellow start
Notes
Laps Leader1-31 A. J. Allmendinger32 Sébastien Bourdais33-62 A. J. Allmendinger63-65 Sébastien Bourdais66-84 A. J. Allmendinger85 Sébastien Bourdais86-105 A. J. Allmendinger Driver Laps ledA. J. Allmendinger 100Sébastien Bourdais 5
New Race Lap Record Will Power 59.259 New Race Record A. J. Allmendinger 1:48:32.853 Average Speed 113.989 mph
Championship standings after the race
Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Sébastien Bourdais 162 2 Justin Wilson 132 2 3 A. J. Allmendinger 102 1 4 Andrew Ranger 89 2 5 Paul Tracy 76
Note: Only the top five positions are included.
References
External links Allmendinger Shifts to Forsythe Friday Qualifying Results Saturday Qualifying Results Race Results